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Route Reliability

Denver → Cedar Rapids

DENCID · 692 miles · Denver International Airport to The Eastern Iowa Airport

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
0.7%
Cancelled
1,079
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines79%910 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines78%169 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

DEN–CID flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 62% between 6–9 PM.

Saturday is the weak spot.

DEN–CID flights arrived on time 84% of the time on Wednesdays. On Saturdays: 75%.

Not much between United Airlines and Frontier Airlines.

On this route they all land within 78% to 79% on time. Pick on schedule and price.

Ticking up lately.

DEN–CID flights arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon82%(163 flights)
  • Tue81%(134 flights)
  • Wed84%(137 flights)
  • Thu75%(174 flights)
  • Fri78%(160 flights)
  • Sat75%(120 flights)
  • Sun79%(181 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(389 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(183 flights)
  • 3–6 PM77%(370 flights)
  • 6–9 PM62%(127 flights)
On-time trend by month
86%
May

Jun 69% → May 86% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202569%101
July 202565%104
August 202573%100
September 202579%98
October 202589%102
November 202591%95
December 202573%73
January 202681%69
February 202681%63
March 202680%78
April 202684%77
May 202686%109

Based on 1,079 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.